On 16 February , during the —11 season and for the first time since , St Pauli defeated their bitter cross-city rivals Hamburger SV away at the Volksparkstadion courtesy of a Gerald Asamoah goal.

The team, however, finished the domestic season in last place, resulting in their relegation to the 2. Bundesliga for the —12 season.

Since then, the club has remained in the 2. Bundesliga, finishing fourth in —12 but declining in results since then.

Pauli enjoys a certain fame for the left-leaning character of its supporters: The organization has adopted an outspoken stance against racism, fascism, sexism, and homophobia and has embodied this position in its constitution.

The centre of fan activity is the Fanladen St. The club prides itself on having the largest number of female fans in all of German football.

The suite belonged to local lap dance club Susies Show Bar. Pauli is also a worldwide symbol for punk and related subcultures.

Bad Religion played a charity match against St. Several bands has also made music directly related to St. The Norwegian punk rock band Turbonegro recorded a special version of their song " I Got Erection " with re-worked German lyrics for St.

The team has since used the song as an anthem and Talco has played a number of concerts at Millerntor-Stadion. Pauli celebrated its th anniversary.

For the occasion, the fan club 18auf12 recorded the song "Happy Birthday St. The Canadian punk rock band The Pagans of Northumberland recorded a song in called simply "St Pauli" for their first 7-inch detailing their love of the club and its supporters around the world.

In January , FC St. As of the —12 season, St. Pauli had more season ticket holders than many Bundesliga teams.

The number of official fan clubs in passed which is an increase of over three years. The former club president Corny Littmann , long active in German theatre and head of the Schmidt Theater on the Reeperbahn , is openly gay.

Pauli have made pre-season appearances at Wacken Open Air , a heavy metal festival, several times. They participated as the "Republic of St.

In , Nike commemorated the club with two exclusive Dunk shoes, both released in limited quantities. The High Dunk featuring a black colorway , and the skull and crossbones symbol was released to all countries throughout Europe, with only pairs produced.

Pauli were the first club in Germany to integrate a set of Fundamental Principles Leitlinien to dictate how the club is run.

The Fundamental Principles were passed by an overwhelming majority at the St. Pauli Congress in and they go beyond solely football.

Pauli FC is a part of the society by which it is surrounded and so is affected both directly and indirectly by social changes in the political, cultural and social spheres.

Pauli FC is conscious of the social responsibility this implies, and represents the interests of its members, staff, fans and honorary officers in matters not just restricted to the sphere of sport.

Pauli FC is the club of a particular city district, and it is to this that it owes its identity. This gives it a social and political responsibility in relation to the district and the people who live there.

Pauli FC aims to put across a certain feeling for life and symbolises sporting authenticity. This makes it possible for people to identify with the club independently of any sporting successes it may achieve.

Essential features of the club that encourage this sense of identification are to be honoured, promoted and preserved. Work on the stadium began in , but its completion was delayed until as there was initially no drainage system in place, making the pitch unplayable after rain.

It originally held 32, supporters, but the capacity was later reduced for safety reasons. In , the stadium was renamed the Wilhelm Koch-Stadium in honour of a former club president.

However, this name became highly controversial when it was discovered that Wilhelm Koch had been a member of the Nazi Party during the war.

After protests by fans, the name was changed back to Millerntor-Stadion in A total redevelopment began in The final phase of the redevelopment work ended with the completion of the new north stand in July The stadium is since then permitted for a capacity of 29, spectators of which 16, are standing and 12, are seated.

The stadium is located next to the Heiligengeistfeld , and is overlooked by the infamous Flak Tower IV to the north and a building of the Deutsche Telekom to the south.

Pauli Station and Feldstrasse Station. Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Pauli was the only club to have a team in both the rugby and football 2nd Bundesliga. Several of their players play in the national squad.

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Archived from the original on 4 March Retrieved 4 March Guardian News and Media Limited. We expect to be able to meet all such ticket requests for this fixture.

As usual, we will process all requests in chronological order based on the day of receipt. All non-members and non-season ticket holders living more than 50km from the Millerntor who have placed an order for a ticket will receive an answer in calendar week 5.

We will probably be able to meet all these orders as well. It may be the case that those who ordered a standing ticket may be offered a seat ticket.

Regardless of whether you are a member or a season ticket holder or not, you are still free to order tickets by submission of an email to auswaertskarten fcstpauli.

Wheelchair users are also requested to send us an email. Please be aware that there is a small number of people who go to almost every away game and who usually enjoy priority.

The allocation we receive for this game is likely to be large enough for us to meet all ticket requests for this fixture. More information will be announced in the second half of January.

Taking away the tickets reserved for holders of an away season ticket and the Fanladen , we will have just tickets or so available.

No matter how we organise the sale, we will not come anywhere close to satisfying all requests for tickets. We trust you will understand.

There will be local sale of tickets, nor will you be able to order by email. All members and fans in possession of a season subscription season ticket, South Stand year standing ticket, or season package will have first option to purchase on ticket for this fixture.

There will and can be no general sale! More detailed information will be announced in early to mid-February, so please watch this space!

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